Fire Science 106: Safety Engineering
Course focuses on the work environment, its human, physical and environmental factors. Attention is given to achieving safety through hazard control; the laws of error; monitoring systems; accident analysis; promoting safety; OSHA; Workers' Compensation, fire prevention and fire safety.
3 hours, 3 credits.This course is available in a classroom environment and as an internet course
Course Instructors
Required Text
Occupational Safety and Health in the Emergency Services, by James S. Angle, Delmar Publishing, Albany, NY, 1999
Fire Department Incident Safety Officer, 1st Edition, by David W. Dodson, Delmar Publishing, Albany, NY, 1999.
Occupational Safety Management and Engineering, 5th Edition, by Willie Hammer & Dennis Price, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2001